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The University of North Carolina Press Landscape of Migration
Book SynopsisIn the wake of a 1952 revolution, leaders of Bolivia's National Revolutionary Movement (MNR) embarked on a program of internal colonization known as the March to the East. Ben Nobbs-Thiessen details the multifaceted results of this migration on the environment of the South American interior.
£32.96
The University of North Carolina Press Cuban Revolution in America
Book SynopsisCuba's grassroots revolution prevailed on America's doorstep in 1959, fueling intense interest within the multiracial American Left. Teishan Latner contends that in the era of decolonization, the Vietnam War, and Black Power, Cuba claimed centre stage for a generation of Americans who looked to the insurgent Third World for inspiration.Trade ReviewAn outstanding piece of scholarship that merits a book prize." - Journal of American History"Teishan Latner's fascinating Cuban Revolution in America, with its focus on histories of travel, hijacking, and exile across Cold War barriers, is an important intellectual weapon against both the [travel] ban and the blockade." - Labour/Le Travail"An impressive, compelling work of research and analysis . . . an unusually deep and nuanced study." - H-Net Reviews
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The University of North Carolina Press That Middle World
Book SynopsisFocusing on the construction and performance of racial identity in works by writers from the antebellum period through Reconstruction, Julia Charles creates a new discourse around racial passing to analyse mixed-race characters' social objectives when crossing into other racialized spaces.
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The University of North Carolina Press MovieMade Appalachia
Book SynopsisSurveying some two dozen films and the literary and historical sources from which they were adapted, John Inscoe argues that in the American imagination Appalachia has long represented far more than deprived and depraved hillbillies. Rather, the films he highlights serve as effective conduits into the region's past.
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The University of North Carolina Press Manteos World
Book SynopsisDrawing on decades of researching the ethnohistory of the coastal mid-Atlantic, Helen Rountree reconstructs the Indigenous world the Roanoke colonists encountered in the 1580s. Blending research with accessible narrative, Rountree reveals in detail the social, political, and religious lives of Native Americans before European colonization.
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The University of North Carolina Press Capitalism and Slavery
Book SynopsisSales restrictions apply in some territories. Slavery helped finance the Industrial Revolution in England. Plantation owners, shipbuilders, and merchants connected with the slave trade accumulated vast fortunes that established banks and heavy industry. Eric Williams advanced these powerful ideas in Capitalism and Slavery, published in 1944.
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The University of North Carolina Press Race for Profit How Banks and the Real Estate
Book SynopsisNarrating the story of a sea-change in housing policy and its dire impact on African Americans, Race for Profit reveals how the urban core was transformed into a new frontier of cynical extraction.Trade ReviewTaylor's novel analysis, vivid storytelling, clear argumentation, and encyclopedic mastery of the historiography make [Race for Profit] a future classic." - The Metropole"Essential for readers wishing to understand the depth and differentials of U.S. racial discrimination, Taylor's masterly expose of the political economy of the racially bifurcated market systematically lays bare how residential segregation made profits from race; it also illustrates the mismatch of market solutions to racist policies and practices and underscores the limits of legislation alone to undo institutional racism." - Library Journal, starred review"Among the myriad strengths of Race for Profit is Taylor's thoughtful and poignant analysis of the structures of meaning that undergird the racialized political economy of homeownership in this period." - H-Net Reviews"In this meticulously researched and well-written volume, Taylor . . . highlights an important chapter in African American history, focusing on how mortgage bankers and the FHA turned the promise of black home ownership into an urban nightmare, ultimately reinforcing historic urban-suburban racial segregation." - CHOICE"In her thorough examination of a purposefully erased chapter of housing policy, Taylor achieves a compelling history for both specialists and the general-interest reader. The concept of predatory inclusion, perhaps Taylor's most important contribution, offers an important framework for critiques of housing under capitalism. . . . [and] suggests a more revolutionary rethinking of our contemporary relationship to housing." - Carolina Planning Journal"The product of a seasoned author, Taylor's book strikes a tough balance. It details the intricacies of HUD policy while holding readers close through very human depictions of the experiences and manipulations of those policies. . . . There's within its pages new ways to interrogate the story we tell about policy gone wrong." - Black Perspectives"Taylor grounds her analysis in extensive archival research and in conversation with the historiography that it both extends and challenges." - Metropolitics"Narrating the story of a sea-change in housing policy and its dire impact on African Americans, Race for Profit reveals how the urban core was transformed into a new frontier of cynical extraction." - Democratic Left "Details bungling mismanagement, gross corruption, distorted incentives, civil rights regulations that went unheeded and unenforced - what Taylor calls a system of "predatory inclusion" that was distinct yet not entirely free from the racist system of exclusion that preceded it." - The New York Times"The book makes a strong case that giving so much power to profit-driven industries doomed the program's goals from the start, and there are clear parallels to the later subprime mortgage crisis of the 2000s. Race for Profit is an important addition to the literature on predatory lending and housing discrimination, as well as a valuable warning." - Foreword Reviews"Like many historians, Taylor stays close to the history she documents and doesn't set out to address the present day in a sustained or direct way. She doesn't propose a solution to these perpetual abuses, and certainly not a neat, bipartisan policy move. In her telling, the problems are deep and abiding. They have to do with the degree to which the "American Dream" has become synonymous with the big yet also small accomplishment of owning a house." - The New Republic"A groundbreaking new book." - The New Yorker"A rich economic and policy history, Race for Profit begins and ends its account of housing inequality with people. . . . In crisp and empathetic detail, Taylor . . . discusses the Black people who were cynically given predatory loans to purchase dilapidated houses and who eventually fought back." - The Nation"Taylor lays bare the naked racism, unethical practices, and rampant profiteering that saturated all aspects of the federal government and real estate industry's treatment of Black America." - Planning Perspectives"Taylor's new and critical addition to the canon of housing-inequality scholarship illuminates how the private real estate industry, even in the era of supposed "Fair Housing," failed Black people by preying on them for profit. It also reveals how mistaken American ideas about real estate-specifically, the idea of homeownership as a pillar of the American Dream-fueled the system that encouraged the pillaging of Black capital, while ultimately betraying the American public writ large." - Public Books“What’s the last great book you read?”“I can’t just name one. I want to highlight three great books I recently read on America’s political economy. The first, Race for Profit: How Banks and the Real Estate Industry Undermined Black Homeownership, by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, is an expertly told history of the post-civil rights emergence of what Taylor terms “predatory inclusion”. The second, From Here to Equality: Reparations for Black Americans in the Twenty-First Century, by William A. Darity Jr. and A. Kirsten Mullen, is the best booklong case for reparations. The third, The Broken Heart of America: St. Louis and the Violent History of the United States, by Walter Johnson, adroitly examines a U.S. history of imperial racial capitalism with its crosswinds centered in St. Louis.” - Dr. Ibram Kendi, New York Times, March 20201
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The University of North Carolina Press Lincoln and the Politics of Slavery
Book SynopsisIn this landmark book, Daniel Crofts examines a little-known episode in the most celebrated aspect of Abraham Lincoln's life: his role as the Great Emancipator. Crofts argues that Lincoln no intention of being the Great Emancipator when he took office. Only amid the crucible of combat did the war to save the Union become a war for freedom.Trade ReviewA well-written and exhaustively researched study" - Civil War Monitor"A highly readable account of a seldom-remembered feature of early Civil War history. Highly recommended." - Choice"A well researched and thought-provoking book about Abraham Lincoln and his position on slavery." - North Carolina Historical Review"An essential study of Republican ideology and the political efforts to prevent secession in the months following Lincoln's election." - The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society"With impressive research in politicians' speeches and correspondence, Crofts reconstructs the tangled legislative history of the amendment during the secession winter of 1860-1861, as moderates North and South struggled to find a compromise that would forestall disunion and war." - Journal of American History"A worthwhile addition to our literature on the Civil War and the slavery issue in general." - American Historical Review"With astute inferential skill and admittedly sparse archival attestations to build from, he pieces together the processes and hints of backroom deals that carried the amendment through both chambers by the narrowest of margins and through deft parliamentary maneuvering and overnight vote reversals." - Reviews in History"Meticulously detailed. . . . A thorough look at the dissension that tore the country apart." - Kirkus Reviews"[An] intelligent and absorbing book. . . . Challenges the dominant emancipationist narrative and forces a new look at the dynamics and directions of politics and public interest during the secession crisis." - Library Journal
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The University of North Carolina Press White Philanthropy
Book SynopsisSince its publication in 1944, many Americans have described Gunnar Myrdal's An American Dilemma as a defining text on US race relations. Here, Maribel Morey confirms with historical evidence what many critics of the book have suspected: it was not commissioned, funded, or written with the goal of challenging white supremacy.
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The University of North Carolina Press Democracy in Crisis Weimar Germany 19291932
Book SynopsisDemocracies do not die; they are killed. Democracy in Crisis explores how a democracy, grounded in fair elections, parliamentary institutions, and a liberal constitution, nonetheless can fall prey to extreme partisanship, ideological radicalism, procedural manipulation, and external pressures.
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The University of North Carolina Press All Health Politics Is Local
Book SynopsisIn a country riven by regional differences, All Health Politics Is Local shatters the notion of a shared national health agenda. It shows that health has always been political and shaped not just by formal policy but also by grassroots community battles.
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The University of North Carolina Press Consent in the Presence of Force
Book SynopsisUnsettling the idea that consent is necessarily incompatible with structural and interpersonal violence, this history shows that when sex is understood as a transaction, women are imagined as responsible for their own violation.
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The University of North Carolina Press Shirley Chisholm
Book SynopsisInterweaves Shirley Chisholm's public image, political commitments, and private experiences to create a definitive account of a consequential life. In so doing, Anastasia Curwood suggests new truths for understanding the social movements of Chisholm's time and the opportunities she forged for herself through coalition building.
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The University of North Carolina Press Accidental Kindness
Book SynopsisDrawing on his work as a primary care physician and a behavioural scientist, Michael Stein artfully examines the often conflicting goals of patients and their doctors. This book leaves us with new knowledge of and insights into what we might hope for, and what might go wrong, or right, in the most intimate clinical moments.Trade ReviewStein’s candour, curiosity and ethical engagement admit us to a different realm from the fast-paced medical narratives we’re used to reading."- Times Literary Supplement, January 27, 2023
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University of North Carolina Press Hubert Harrison
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The University of North Carolina Press Far from the Rooftop of the World Travels among
Book SynopsisWeaving a sweeping travel narrative with intimate on-the-ground reportage, Far from the Rooftop of the World tells Tibetans'stories against the backdrop of milestones and events in the country's recent history - many memorable, too many tragic.Trade Review[A comprehensive] look at look at the Tibetan refugee experience . . . . with atmospheric details, historical facts, and scenes from daily life in India, all of which Yee recounts in a [vulnerable and charming] narratorial voice."—Kirkus Reviews
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The University of North Carolina Press Bundok
Book SynopsisCombining the breadth of global history with the intimacy of biography, Adrian De Leon follows the people of Northern Luzon across space and time, advancing a new vision of the United States's Pacific empire that begins with the natives and migrants who were at the heart of colonialism and its everyday undoing.
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University of North Carolina Press Vital Relations
Book SynopsisFocusing on the unique history and context of Osage nation building efforts, this insightful ethnography provides a deeper vision of the struggles Native nation leaders are currently facing. Jean Dennison shows that for the Osage, nation building is an ongoing process of reworking colonial constraints to serve the nation's own ends.
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The University of North Carolina Press Catastrophic Diplomacy US Foreign Disaster
Book SynopsisOffers a sweeping history of US foreign disaster assistance, highlighting its centrality to twentieth-century US foreign relations. Spanning over seventy years, the book examines how the US government, US military, and their partners in the American voluntary sector responded to major catastrophes around the world.
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University of North Carolina Press The Rich Earth between Us The Intimate Grounds
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The University of North Carolina Press On the Swamp
Book SynopsisEnvironmental scientist Ryan Emanuel, a member of the Lumbee tribe, shares stories from North Carolina about Indigenous survival and resilience in the face of environmental changes. These stories connect the dots between historic patterns of Indigenous oppression and present-day efforts to promote environmental justice and Indigenous rights.
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University of North Carolina Press American Literary Misfits
Book SynopsisExamines an eclectic group of literary texts that have rarely, if ever, been considered representative of the nation' because of their unseemly characters or plots, divergence from dominant literary trends of the era, or local particularity. These are the literary misfits'.
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University of North Carolina Press What Jane Knew
Book SynopsisIn this dramatic story, Maureen Konkle helps recover the literary achievements of Jane Johnston Schoolcraft and her kin, revealing as never before how their lives and work shed light on nineteenth-century struggles over the future of Indigenous people in the United States.
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The University of North Carolina Press Quitting the Nation
Book SynopsisOnce the United States came into existence, its citizens immediately asserted rights to emigrate for political allegiances elsewhere. Quitting the Nation recovers this unfamiliar story by braiding the histories of citizenship and the North American borderlands to explain the evolution of emigrant rights between 1750 and 1870.
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The University of North Carolina Press Rap and Redemption on Death Row
Book SynopsisA hip-hop-rich prison memoir, this book chronicles Alim Braxton's struggles and triumphs as he attempts to record an album while on death row, something no one has done before. Braxton's world is complex: full of reflections on guilt, condemnation, incarceration, religious awakening, and the redemptive power of art.
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The University of North Carolina Press Everywhere the Undrowned
Book SynopsisDreamlike and beautifully paced, this lyrical debut memoir traces the events of one harrowing summer and its repercussions throughout Stephanie Clare Smith's life, including her work with families in crisis and as a caregiver for the mother who abandoned her.Trade ReviewThis stunningly lyrical memoir is a profoundly insightful glimpse into the complex and frightening consequences of parental neglect. As Smith's voice naturally evolves from alienated to intensely present, the impressively concise narrative alternates between ethereal observations about everything from space to spiders and gut punches of pain, shame, revelation, and redemption . . . . A masterful literary memoir about caring for those responsible for our trauma."—Kirkus Reviews (STARRED review)
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University of North Carolina Press No Race No Country
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University of North Carolina Press Playing Through Pain
Book SynopsisExamines the endemic violence in professional sports and argues that while related to masculinity, misogyny, and individual factors like alcohol consumption and gambling, it is most intimately tied to capitalism and to capitalist modes of consumption and profit.
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University of North Carolina Press A Common Grave
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University of North Carolina Press Brown and Blue
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The University of North Carolina Press The New SouthernLatino Table
Book SynopsisIn this splendid cookbook, bicultural cook Sandra Gutierrez blends ingredients, traditions, and culinary techniques, creatively marrying the diverse and delicious cuisines of more than twenty Latin American countries with the beloved food of the American South. The New Southern-Latino Table features 5 original and delightfully tasty recipes that combine the best of both culinary cultures. Gutierrez, who has taught thousands of people how to cook, highlights the surprising affinities between the foodways of the Latin and Southern regions including a wide variety of ethnic roots in each tradition and many shared basic ingredients while embracing their flavorful contrasts and fascinating histories. These lively dishes including Jalapeño Deviled Eggs, Cocktail Chiles Rellenos with Latin Pimiento Cheese, Two-Corn Summer Salad, Latin Fried Chicken with Smoky Ketchup, Macaroni con Queso, and Chile Chocolate Brownies promise to spark the imaginations and the meals of home cooks, seasoned or novice, and of food lovers everywhere. Along with delectable appetizers, salads, entrées, side dishes, and desserts, Gutierrez also provides a handy glossary, a section on how to navigate a Latin tienda, and a guide to ingredient sources. The New Southern-Latino Table brings to your home innovative, vibrant dishes that meld Latin American and Southern palates.
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American Mathematical Society Knots Molecules and the Universe An Introduction
Book SynopsisProvides an elementary introduction to geometric topology and its applications to chemistry, molecular biology, and cosmology. It does not assume any mathematical or scientific background, sophistication, or even motivation to study mathematics. It is meant to be fun and engaging while drawing students in to learn about fundamental topological and geometric ideas.Trade Review[T]his is a wonderful introduction to geometry and topology and their applications to the sciences. The book contains a unique collection of topics that might entice young readers to continue their academic careers by learning more about the world of mathematics." - Claus Ernst, Zentralblatt MATHTable of Contents Universes: An introduction to the shape of the universe Visualizing four dimensions Geometry and topology of different universes Orientability Flat manifolds Connected sums of spaces Products of spaces Geometries of surfaces Knots: Introduction to knot theory Invariants of knots and links Knot polynomials Molecules: Mirror image symmetry from different viewpoints Techniques to prove topological chirality The topology and geometry of DNA The topology of proteins Index
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American Mathematical Society Thinking Algebraically
Book SynopsisPresents the insights of abstract algebra in a welcoming and accessible way. The book succeeds in combining the advantages of rings-first and groups-first approaches while avoiding the disadvantages. The exposition is clear and conversational throughout. The book has numerous exercises in each section.Table of Contents A transition to abstract algebra; Relationships between systems; Groups; Rings, integral domains, and fields; Vector spaces and field extensions; Topics in group theory; Topics in algebra; Epilogue; Selected Answers; Indexes.
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American Mathematical Society Advanced Modern Algebra
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University of Texas Press Controlling Desires
Book SynopsisNow with new chapters on Greek vase painting and Roman artifacts and wall paintings, Controlling Desires is the essential classroom and general introduction to sexual practices, attitudes, and beliefs in the classical world.Table of Contents Figures Preface Acknowledgments 1. Introduction 2. Homer, Hesiod, and Greek Lyric Poetry 3. Sexual Roles and Sexual Rules in Classical Athens 4. Sexuality in Greek Comedy 5. Legal and Illegal Sex in Ancient Greece 6. Philosophical Sex 7. Greek Pots and Greek Sex 8. Love and Sex in Hellenistic Poetry 9. Rome and Roman Sex 10. Roman Comic Sex 11. Legal and Illegal Sex in Ancient Rome 12. Roman Poetry about Love and Sex 13. Excursus: Lesbians in Ovid’s Metamorphoses 14. Roman Sex on the Walls and in Gardens: Artifacts and Images 15. Imperial Sex: Nero and Seneca 16. Sex in Satire and Invective Poetry 17. Epilogue Appendix 1. Timeline of Greek History and Culture Appendix 2. Timeline of Roman History and Culture Notes Further Readings Index
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University of Texas Press Lightning through the Clouds
Book SynopsisLightning through the Clouds is the first English-language life-and-times biography of ‘Izz al-Din al-Qassam, a preeminent figure who helped to reshape the political and religious landscape of the region. A Syrian-born, Egyptian-educated cleric, he went from the battlefields of World War I to join the anticolonialist fight against the French in Syria. Sentenced to be executed by the French military, he managed to escape to Palestine, where he became an increasingly popular presence, moved by the plight of the poor and disenfranchised. Outraged by British rule and the encroachment of Zionism, he formed a secret society to resist the colonization of Palestine first by the British and then by Jewish immigrants from Europe, once again taking up arms and advocating for a moral, political, and military jihad as the only solution. His death at the hands of Palestine Police in 1935 drew thousands to his funeral and sparked the 19361939 Arab Revolt.His influence continueTrade Review"[A] masterful study of [‘Izz al-Din al-Qassam]...The judicious analysis and research found in Lightning through the Clouds allows us to cast aside the myth and lore surrounding this iconic figure and uncover the many complex historical forces that shaped his life. Lightning through the Clouds is not only a welcome contribution to Palestinian studies but a valuable addition to the larger field of modern Middle Eastern history." * Journal of Palestine Studies *A welcome scholarly publication...Sanagan’s choice of narrating the social history of ʿIzz Al-Din Al-Qassam as the representative of resistance in the modern Middle East offers a valuable contribution to both the biography of the iconic hero and the historiography of Mandate Palestine during its middle period. The study would benefit scholars and students of history, religious studies, and Middle East and cultural studies. * Arab Studies Quarterly *This biography of [‘Izz al-Din] al-Qassam places him not only in the context of his social and political settings, but also allows us to see him within a wider movement in which his charisma and community connections made him not a single, dominating figure, but first amongst equals...Sanagan has thus succeeded in writing a rare book, one that combines the compelling narrative thrust of a biography with a breadth of view that tells the reader something genuinely new about the development of Palestine and Levantine anti-colonial politics over the first third of the twentieth century. * Contemporary Levant *Table of Contents List of Figures List of Abbreviations Note on Transliterations Maps Prologue Introduction Chapter 1. The Guide Chapter 2. The City of a Thousand Minarets Chapter 3. The Soldier Shaykh Chapter 4. Exile to Haifa Chapter 5. Workers and Villagers Chapter 6. The Tip of the Thread Chapter 7. Nahalal, 1932 Chapter 8. With the Qurʾan as a Passport Chapter 9. Memorial Conclusion Epilogue Acknowledgments Appendix. Ikhwan al-Qassam A Note on Sources Notes Glossary Bibliography Index
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University of Texas Press Radical Cartographies
Book SynopsisShedding light on the innovative uses of participatory mapping emerging from Latin America's marginalized communities, this diverse collection reconceptualizes what maps mean as representations of identity and place.Trade Review[Radical Cartographies] succeeds magnificently...The stories are direct, clear, and well-translated, unfloriated by intellectual language...Community participatory mapping in the global South was first brought to wider academic attention in the 1990s. The 'decolonialised cartographies' in this book develop the vision: they demonstrate the authenticity of local authorship, the cultural authority, and the political framing. They deserve an attentive audience. * Society & Natural Resources *A highly welcomed volume…[Radical Cartographies] addresses participatory mapmaking as a means to preserve and strengthen indigenous knowledge about their past and present by reflecting on their landscapes, ancestral memories as well as ritual and agricultural practices...the book is a lesson on how others relate and interact with the world in a sustainable way by bridging space and time. * Anthropos *This book’s work is a model of how community-based mobilizations can be connected with university spheres and how they can work together to lead necessary research that creates both scholarly and social, political, ethically-engaged contributions to complex issues on the ground...Those who guide each mapping project and share their rich and original insights with us are often under very direct threat. Their risks they face emphasize that consent and control over the research process and outcomes are crucial at every step. This book is a resounding affirmation of those principles and a real beacon for radical participatory mapmaking projects for social justice throughout the world. * Antipode *Timely and necessary...These case studies demonstrate across different countries and communities the intractable and interdependent problems of human rights and environmental rights. This is why [Radical Cartographies] seems so responsive to our moment. While the book is written to explain the maps and the work done there, it seems impossible to not respond from a place of empathy or outrage. Sletto’s work and the work of his colleagues demonstrate that critical scholarship can offer public benefit on these issues, if we are willing to pay attention—for our own landscapes, for marginalized peoples, or indeed for the earth as a whole. * Society & Space *[Radical Cartographies] contains seminal research on how native and Afro-descendant peoples view and understand their geographic condition in several Latin American countries, a topic that remains underresearched in this region. Accordingly, this volume aims to fill this lacuna by providing critical analysis of how locals view their geographies. For the uninitiated, each of the 11 chapters provides unique perspectives of marginalized peoples' conceptual understanding of space. Complemented by several mostly black-and-white photos and maps, as well as a rich bibliography, this publication is a must read. * CHOICE *Several of the volume’s authors are from the communities they write about while others are engaged intellectuals who have worked with the communities for years or decades...[Radical Cartographies] contains abundant samples of maps and photographs from each community mapping project…radical cartography repudiates the authoritarian practice since the colonial period of 'disappearing' indigenous and Black communities from maps. * Journal of Latin American Geography *The case studies [included in Radical Cartographies] showcase a rich variety of Indigenous and Afro-descendant practices that link together cartography and oral traditions and histories via the complex meanings embedded in landscape...each case study becomes a statement of sovereignty for each polity or community represented as they both document that territory in maps and use the maps to negotiate a relationship with the state that is founded in dispossession. * Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology *Table of Contents Introduction: Radical Social Cartographies (Bjørn Sletto) Part I 1. Oral Narratives in the Rincón Zapoteco: A Cartography of Processes (Melquiades (Kiado) Cruz) 2. Social Polygraphy: Territory as a Living Memorial to Culture and Nature (Álvaro César Velasco Álvarez) 3. Emulating Kuyujani: Boundary Making in the Caura River Basin, Venezuela (Nalúa Rosa Silva Monterrey) Part II 4. Revealing Territorial Illusions and Political Fictions through Participatory Cartography (Wendy Pineda) 5. Mapuche Cartography: Defending Ixofillmogen (Pablo Mansilla Quiñones and Miguel Melin Pehuen) 6. The Ethnocartography of Sumak Allpa: The Kichwa Indigenous Community of Pastaza, Ecuador (Alfredo Vitery and Alexandra Lamiña) 7. Social Cartography and Territorial Planning in Robles, Colombia (Carlos Alberto González) Part III 8. New Social Cartography and Ethnographic Practice (Alfredo Wagner Berno de Almeida) 9. Social Cartography and the Struggle for Multiethnic, Urban Indigenous Lands: The Case of the Beija-Flor Aldeia in Rio Preto da Eva, Brazil (Emmanuel de Almeida Farias Júnior) 10. Participatory Cultural Mapping in Nvwken, Mapuce Territory, Argentina: Exploring Other Forms of Territorial Representation (María Laura Nahuel) 11. Political Appropriation of Social Cartography in Defense of Quilombola Territories in Alcântara, Maranhão, Brazil (Davi Pereira Júnior) Commentary: What Sort of Territory? What Sort of Map? (Joe Bryan) Afterword (Charles R. Hale) Contributors Index
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University of Texas Press The First New Chronicle and Good Government On
Book SynopsisOne of the most fascinating books on pre-Columbian and early colonial Peru was written by a Peruvian Indian named Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala. This book, The First New Chronicle and Good Government, covers pre-Inca times, various aspects of Inca culture, the Spanish conquest, and colonial times up to around 1615 when the manuscript was finished. Now housed in the Royal Library, Copenhagen, Denmark, and viewable online at www.kb.dk/permalink/2006/poma/info/en/frontpage.htm, the original manuscript has 1,189 pages accompanied by 398 full-page drawings that constitute the most accurate graphic depiction of Inca and colonial Peruvian material culture ever done. Working from the original manuscript and consulting with fellow Quechua- and Spanish-language experts, Roland Hamilton here provides the most complete and authoritative English translation of approximately the first third of The First New Chronicle and Good Government. The sections included in this volume (pages 1369 of the manuscript) cover the history of Peru from the earliest times and the lives of each of the Inca rulers and their wives, as well as a wealth of information about ordinances, age grades, the calendar, idols, sorcerers, burials, punishments, jails, songs, palaces, roads, storage houses, and government officials. One hundred forty-six of Guaman Poma's detailed illustrations amplify the text.Table of Contents Foreword by Serafín M. Coronel-Molina Introduction by Roland Hamilton Notes on the Translation and Organization The First New Chronicle Letter to the Holy Trinity Letter to the pope Letter to the king of Spain, attributed to Guaman Poma's father Letter from Guaman Poma to the king Prologue to the Christian reader The beginnings of this chronicle Chapter of the Ages of the World First age of the world, of Adam and Eve Second age of the world, from the ark of Noah Third Age of the world, from Abraham Fourth Age of the world, from King David Fifth Age of the world, from the birth of Christ Papal Rome Discovery of the Indies Chapter of the Ages of the Indians Vari Viracocha Runa Vari Runa Purun Runa Auca Runa The Incas Tocay Capac, the first Inca The second coat of arms Manco Capac Inca Cinche Roca Jesus Christ Miracles of God by the Apostle Saint Bartholomew The third Inca, Lloque Yupanqui Inca The fourth Inca, Mayta Capac The fifth Inca, Capac Yupanqui Inca The sixth Inca, Inca Roca, and his son The seventh Inca, Yahuar Huacac Inca The eighth Inca, Viracocha Inca The ninth Inca, Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui The tenth Inca, Topa Inca Yupanqui The eleventh Inca, Huayna Capac The twelfth Inca, Huascar Inca The Queens The first coya The second coya, Chimbo Urma The third coya, Mama Cora Ocllo The fourth coya, Chimbo Mama Yachi Urma The fifth coya, Chimbo Mama Caua The sixth coya, Cuci Chimbo Mama Micay The seventh coya, Ipa Huaco Mama Machi The eighth coya, Mama Yunto Cayan The ninth coya, Mama Ana Uarque The tenth coya, Mama Ocllo The eleventh coya, Raua Ocllo The twelfth coya, Chuqui Llanto Prologue to the female readers The Captains The first captain, son of Manco Capac The second captain, Topa Amaro Inca The third captain, Cuci Uanan Chire Inca The fourth captain, Apo Mayta Inca, and Vilcac Inca The fifth captain, Auqui Topa Inca Yupanqui The sixth captain, Otoronco The seventh captain, Inca Mayta, [and] Inca Urcon The eighth captain, Apo Camac Inca The ninth captain, Inca Urcon The tenth captain, Chalcochima Inca The eleventh captain, Rumiñaui The twelfth captain, Capac Apo Guaman Chaua The thirteenth captain, Capac Apo Ninarua The fourteenth captain, Mallco Castilla Pari The fifteenth captain, Mallco Mullo The Ladies The first lady, Capac Huarmi Poma Hualca The second lady, Capac Mallquima The third lady, Capac Umita Llama The fourth lady, Mallco Huarmi Timtama Captains paid by Your Majesty Ordinances of the Inca The First General Inspection The first age division The second age division The third age division The fourth age division The fifth age division The sixth age division The seventh age division The eighth age division The ninth age division The tenth age division The first inspection of the ten groups of women The first age division The second age division The third age division The fourth age division The fifth age division The sixth age division The seventh age division The eighth age division The ninth age division The tenth age division First Chapter of the Years [and] Months of the Incas The first month, January, Capac Raymi, Camay Quilla February, Paucar Uaray, Hatun Pucuy March, Pacha Pucuy April, Inca Raymi May, Aymoray Quilla June, Cusqui Quilla July, Chacra Cunacuy August, Chacra Yapuy Quilla September, Coya Raymi October, Uma Raymi Quilla November, Ayamarcay Quilla December, Capac Inti Raymi End of the months Chapter of the Idols Idols and huacas of the Inca Idols and huacas of Chinchaysuyo Idols and huacas of Antisuyo Idols and huacas of Collasuyo Idols and huacas of Cuzco Chapter of the Common Sorcerers High priests, conde uisa Sorcerers who suck Evil omens Curses that they use among themselves Processions, fasts, penitence, and sacrifices Chosen women Burials Burial of the Inca Burial in the Chinchaysuyo quarter Burial in the Antisuyo quarter How the people of Collasuyo quarter were buried How the people of Condesuyo were buried How burials were done by the Indians of the yunca The Nuns First Chapter of Justice The first punishment of this kingdom The second punishment The third punishment The fourth punishment The fifth punishment First Chapter of the Celebrations Easter-like celebrations and dances Music Celebration of the Incas Celebration of the people of Chinchaysuyo quarter Celebration of the people of Antisuyo quarter Celebration of the people of the Collasuyo quarter Celebration of the people of the Condesuyo quarter The Inca Royal palaces The Inca On the Inca Storehouses It was approved that there was no tribute Administrative Officials Most excellent lord viceroy Official of the court, judge Major constable Official, tocricoc, judge, michoc Administrator Runners, hatun chasque, churo mullo chasque Men who mark boundaries Capac ñan uamanin [royal road officials] Governor of the bridges of this kingdom Secretaries of the Incas and their royal council Accountant and treasurer Inspector and judge The royal council of this kingdom Prologue to the Spanish Christian reader Notes Glossary Works Cited Index
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University of Texas Press The Educators Guide to Texas School Law
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University of Texas Press Culinary Palettes
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MU - University of Texas Press The Social Life of Indianism Politics and
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University of Texas Press Inside Abstraction
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Duke University Press Going Stealth
Book SynopsisToby Beauchamp positions surveillance as central to the understanding of transgender politics to show how contemporary security practices extend into everyday gendered lives.Trade Review"[Going Stealth] accomplishes the best of what we imagine theory to be good for—making sense of our everyday experiences, grounding personal interactions with the state in histories of structural oppression, and illuminating the broader context of our banal negotiations between dignity, resilience, convenience, resistance, politics-inpractice, and privilege. . . . Going Stealth is a helpful contribution to multiple literatures, and it demonstrates the ways in which robust interdisciplinarity also requires solidarity in scholarship." -- Lyndsey P. Beutin * Society & Space *"For academics and those with the wherewithal to struggle through it there's a great deal of intellectual value to be found in a book such as this." -- Hans Rollmann * PopMatters *“Going Stealth is … topical and urgent, delving into contemporary hot-button issues of gendered bathrooms and TSA screening practices.” -- Elise Morrison * TDR: The Drama Review *"Going Stealth is written into scholarship that moves transgender studies beyond concentration on identity. Moreover, it is a significant contribution to research at the juncture between gender, sexuality, race, disability and surveillance studies. Going Stealth should appeal to any scholar in cultural studies, sociology and border studies." -- Iwo Nord * European Journal of Women's Studies *"Going Stealth is an enjoyable read, offering timely reflection on security, conformity, fear, citizenship, and difference in our turbulent times." -- Sara L. Crawley * Gender & Society *"Going Stealth will be useful for expanding on and bringing together the works of transgender studies and cultural studies, in particular appealing to sexuality scholars in general. This book will be of interest to those who are interested in the intersections between visibility, security, gender deviance, dis/ability, race, gender, class, sexuality, and nation/citizenship." -- Kerry Scroggie, Amanda Brown & Esther Rothblum * Journal of Homosexuality *“Beauchamp’s Going Stealth is a careful meshwork of historical and political analysis, attentive to the problems of existing critical frames.” -- Tony Wei Ling * Catalyst *“Toby Beauchamp’s Going Stealth is a much-needed analysis into practices of state surveillance and its impact on the regulation of gender in the United States.... Going Stealth asks the reader to question not only notions of visibility but also the very desire of recognition itself.” -- Sy Simms * TSQ *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments vii Introduction. Suspicious Visibility 1 1. Deceptive Documents 24 2. Flying under the Radar 50 3. Bathrooms, Borders, and Biometrics 79 4. Sensitive Information in the Manning Case 107 Conclusion. On Endurance 131 Notes 141 Bibliography 173 Index 185
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Duke University Press Building Socialism
Book SynopsisFollowing a decade of U.S. bombing campaigns that obliterated northern Vietnam, East Germany helped Vietnam rebuild in an act of socialist solidarity. In Building Socialism Christina Schwenkel examines the utopian visions of an expert group of Vietnamese and East German urban planners who sought to transform the devastated industrial town of Vinh into a model socialist city. Drawing on archival and ethnographic research in Vietnam and Germany with architects, engineers, construction workers, and tenants in Vinh's mass housing complex, Schwenkel explores the material and affective dimensions of urban possibility and the quick fall of Vinh's new built environment into unplanned obsolescence. She analyzes the tensions between aspirational infrastructure and postwar uncertainty to show how design models and practices that circulated between the socialist North and the decolonizing South underwent significant modification to accommodate alternative cultural logics and ideas about urban futurity. By documenting the building of Vietnam's first planned city and its aftermath of decay and repurposing, Schwenkel argues that underlying the ambivalent and often unpredictable responses to modernist architectural forms were anxieties about modernity and the future of socialism itself.Trade Review“A triumph of interdisciplinary and transnational scholarship! Following a compelling new case of international ‘high-socialist’ architecture, Christina Schwenkel bridges the histories of and scholarship on Eastern European and Asian socialisms. 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The author very much succeeds in presenting a cohesive, theoretically rich work of in-depth investigation." -- Hazel Hahn * H-Urban *"Building Socialism is a captivating, imaginative, and significant contribution in anthropology, Vietnamese history, urban history, and history of urban planning. It is suitable for assigning in both graduate and upper-division undergraduate courses." -- Hazel Hahn * H-Urban, H-Net Reviews *"This engaging book ties together the legacies of the Vietnam War, East German urbanism, and contemporary neoliberal development to produce a narrative that is greater than the sum of its parts, shedding much-needed light on the complexity of modernism’s social and material durabilities." -- Samantha Maurer Fox * Anthropological Review *"Though somewhat theoretical, this book is ultimately accessible to a broad readership. It will be of most interest to scholars and students of urban planning, urban anthropology, and urban studies. Highly recommended. Lower division undergraduates through faculty; professionals" -- M. E. Pfeifer * Choice *"The book’s strength is that it expands our understanding of the multiplicity of urbanisms. . . . Building Socialism is an achievement that warrants the attention of every scholar interested in the urbanism of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, well beyond Vietnam." -- Takanari Fujita * Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute *Table of ContentsList of Figures, Plates, and Tables vii Abbreviations xi A Note on Translation and Transliteration xiii Acknowledgments xv Introduction 1 Part I. Ruination 1. Annihilation 25 Interlude. Urban Fragments 1 43 2. Evacuation 45 Interlude. Urban Fragments 76 3. Solidarity 78 Part 2. Reconstruction 4. Spirited Internationalism 105 Interlude. Urban Fragments 3 129 5. Rational Planning 131 Interlude. Urban Fragments 4 159 6. Utopian Housing 161 Part 3. Obsolescence 7. Indiscipline 211 8. Decay 232 9. Renovation 260 10. Revaluation 293 Conclusion. On the Future of Utopias Past 316 Notes 323 References 357 Index
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